Re: I'll believe the New York Times can succeed...

From: "Daniel P. B. Smith" 
> ...on the day that I read that Microsoft is reinstituting the $19.95/year subscription price for _Slate_.

Daniel,

News *is* the NYT - plus a few offshoot activities. For MS Slate is *merely* an offshoot activity. And I am certain the NYT, and every other newspaper, is more interested in driving paper sales than in a web presence. What is clear is that a newspaper subscription gives full web access; but not the other way round.

'Free' has to serve a purpose. That can be belief in the idea, vanity, a sales pitch or an attractive extra. What it is *not* is a 'must'. For example, there are three options for Slate: as is; charge; or close.

Joseph


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